Zoning – Special permit – Ocean view

Where plaintiff abutters challenged the Chatham zoning board’s grant of a special permit to defendants to demolish, reconstruct and expand their home, a judge correctly dismissed the complaint for lack of standing, because (1) the plaintiffs’ allegations that a proposed retaining wall on the defendant’s property would cause traffic problems did not rise above the level of speculation and (2) evidence indicated that a propose seven-foot addition to the defendants’ home would have only a de minimis impact on the plaintiffs’ ocean view.